Author: Travis Simpkins

Recently, artist Travis Simpkins created a portrait sketch of Julian Radcliffe, Founder of the Art Loss Register. Posted to Art Crime Illustrated. Based in London, the ALR is the world’s largest private database of...

Recently, artist Travis Simpkins completed a portrait sketch of Waldemar Januszczak, British Art Critic and Writer. Posted to Art Crime Illustrated. Waldemar Januszczak started out as the art critic for The Guardian and later...

Recently, artist Travis Simpkins created a portrait illustration of Zahi Hawass, Egyptologist. Posted to Art Crime Illustrated. A renowned archaeologist, Dr. Zahi Hawass is the former Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs in Egypt....

Recently, artist Travis Simpkins completed a portrait of David Stuart, Mayanist. Posted to Art Crime Illustrated. Dr. Stuart is widely recognized for his work, begun at a young age, in deciphering the Maya hieroglyphic...

Recently, artist Travis Simpkins created a portrait illustration of John Myatt: artist, teacher and convicted art forger. Together with John Drewe, John Myatt perpetrated what has been described as “the biggest art fraud of...

Recently, artist Travis Simpkins completed a portrait illustration of Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum. Mr. MacGregor was appointed to the distinguished position in 2002, and his many contributions have been met with...

Recently artist Travis Simpkins completed a portrait illustration of Ton Cremers, founder of Museum Security Network and former Head of Security at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum. In addition, Mr. Cremers has worked extensively as an independent...

Recently, artist Travis Simpkins completed a portrait illustration of Daniel Silva, author of the popular “Gabriel Allon” series of espionage / art crime novels. The book series, most of them New York Times Bestsellers,...

Recently, artist Travis Simpkins created a portrait illustration of Philip Mould, Art Dealer and Researcher. Nicknamed “The Art Detective”, Mould is known for his ability to look deep beyond the surface and discover the...

Recently, artist Travis Simpkins completed a portrait illustration of Noah Charney: Art Historian, Professor, Author and Founder of ARCA (Association for Research into Crimes against Art). ARCA is an international non-profit think tank, dedicated...

Recently, artist Travis Simpkins completed a portrait of former Scotland Yard Art Detective, Charles Hill. Charley Hill was at the forefront of two high-profile art recovery efforts in the early 1990’s. In 1993, he...